Stützpunkt 05 Franceville West - Observation Post
Stützpunkt 05 Franceville West, part of the German Atlantic Wall (Atlantikwall), is constructed to protect the eastern entrance of the harbour of Ouistreham and the "Canal de Caen". The stützpunkt is constructed around a French fort (redoute) built in 1779.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Bertrand Nollet
Nearby
Museum
- Atlantikwall - Museé de la Batterie de Merville - Merville-Franceville
- The Grand Bunker Atlantic Wall Museum - Ouistreham
- Museé du débarquement nº 4 Commando - Ouistreham
Point of interest
- Douglas C-47 Transport Plane Merville - Merville-Franceville
- Tribute to Léon Gautier - Ouistreham
- Château d'Amfreville - Amfreville
Monument
- Merville Battery Cross of Sacrifice - Merville-Franceville
- Memorial Brigade Piron Sallenelles - Sallenelles
- Memorial No. 3. Commando Merville - Merville-Franceville
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Merville-Franceville-Plage - Merville-Franceville-Plage
- Commonwealth War Graves Ouistreham - Ouistreham
- Commonwealth War Graves Breville - Breville
Fortification
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